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iPhone Faces Uphill Battle, Says Mercury News

More industry publications weigh in on iPhone, forecasting a less than rosey outlook. This from Mercury News...

``My perspective since I first learned about it is, `Wow, this is really cool.' But `really cool' doesn't mean success right away,'' said Neil Strother, an analyst who covers the mobile phone business for NPD Group, a research firm.

Why Is This Man Smiling?

And this year's "things we say that come back to bite us right in the ass" award goes to Palm CEO Ed Colligan, who was interviewed back in November '06 during a Churchil Club event by the New York Time's John Markoff about his thoughts on Apple's secret development of a mobile phone device. Colligan proudly boasted...

"PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in."

Oh, Ed. I feel your pain. If only I hadn't consumed that last Gin and tonic at the company Christmas party I might not have told my boss he looked sexy in that suit he was wearing. He still gives me nervous looks as we pass each other.

"...But if you're in the market for a smart phone and can afford $499, you
might want to wait until June for the Apple iPhone. The Apple entry is so
full of promise that anyone buying a smart phone in 2007 should at least
wait for the full reviews and a chance to try it out."

Can Apple Penetrate the Enterprise Market?

Carl Weinschenk from ITBusinessEdge calls the iPhone a "Milestone in Business Mobility". But can Apple really lure corporate customers with what is clearly a consumer play? I don't see that happening. iPhone is, by design, an entertainment device...not a business oriented mobile productivity tool like the Treo or Blackberry. It would be nice to see the IT world embrace such a lavish smartphone, but it's going to take much more than style and software elegance to dislodge Blackberry.

Who Says iPhone will Kill RIM?

The National Post has published an interesting story about Apple's sudden appearance in the smartphone market, how its presence will impact all major players, notably Palm and RIM. For better or worse iPhone certainly forces both companies to rethink their product strategies and take software more serious, which hasn't been the case for RIM and Palm.

20 Things We Don't Know about iPhone

ComputerWorld has posted a list of top questions that remain unanswered about iPhone. Things like...oh, I don't know...whether it will be offered unlocked, or whether battery life will suck. I know these questions are certainly on my mind.

Macworld iPhone Demo

Macworld attendees have been busy capturing the iPhone in video. One user posted a really good product demo given to attendees by Apple, which shows off more of the device's features in action. Nothing that we haven't already seen, just done by someone other than Jobs. Enjoy.

Apple Unveils iPhone, Sparking Global Nerdgasm

Apple finally launched its much rumored mobile phone at MacWorld yesterday, immediately triggering a massive worldwide drool-fest among gadget freaks. While it has been widely known that Apple has had such a product secretly in development for at least two years now, the device itself remained shrouded in mystery. Some analysts speculated the device would prove to be nothing more than a relatively simple inexpensive iPod phone, while others expected more of a Blackberry style Smartphone, done in a sleeker package. Both camps got it wrong...and right. iPhone isn't what anyone really expected.

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